Large accumulation with lots of interesting items right up to modern including registered & official mail, military & censored, postmarks with range of NSW 'cut-down' reliefs, postal stationery, a few Colonies/States items & PPCs, etc, noted 1903 NSW ½d wrapper with 'SOUTHERN RIFLE ASSOCIATION' cachet, 1915 Patriotic 'Flags' envelope with KGV 1d red, 1930 to Canada with KGV 1d & 1½d pair tied Auckland (NZ) 'PACKET BOAT' h/s, 1930s Parcel Post label with Kangaroos 6d & 1/- both 'OS' punctures, 1940 airmail to Ceylon at 1/1d rate, 1941 with 'POSTED ON TRAIN/NSW' cds, 1942 to serviceman with 'DELIVERY IMPRACTICABLE' cachet, 1944 US postal card with 'MISSENT TO/CLIFTON HILL' h/s & 'RELIEF STAMP VIC/No 15' cds, 1962 to Solomon Islands taxed with 2d Postage Due, 1963 with Express label but 'DELIVER ORD. MAIL' cachet, etc, condition variable but many fine. Weighs 9½kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Covers hoard including 1914 Reuters Telegram Co advertising 'collar' envelope with KGV 1d red (minor faults) and 1930s Russell G Webster (Optometrist) parcel tag with KGV 2d red x2, then quantity of 1940s-50s KGVI frankings noted offical mail with 'G/NSW' punctures, advertising envelopes including an advertising collar for Scottish Union and a cinema-themed group addressed to MGM Pictures, range of other merchants, Edwards Dunlop covers x2 with 'ED' commercial perfins, a few STO stationery envelopes, postmark interest noted 'CIC BONEGILLA' (Vic) and a few NSW cut-down reliefs, TPO markings, two with Queensland tourist cinderellas tied to the reverse, etc, condition quite mixed but many fine. (Qty 300+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Pre-Decimal covers with commercial mail including registered, airmails, WWII military mail & censorship, advertising, etc, noted 1922 to Switzerland with KGV 4d blue and 'Retour ...' marking & 1942 airmail to UK with '3½d' on 3d & '5½d' on 5d surcharges, postmark interest including paids, reliefs & TPO markings, also some stationery including STO envelopes, a few States-period items, then quantity of FDCs & commemorative cancels, etc, condition quite mixed but many fine. (Qty 500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Decimal covers with commercial mail including a wide variety of frankings up to $2 and plenty of 'solos', taxed items, a few illustrated tourist envelopes, etc, noted 1966 registered airmail to UK with 15c Galah x3, 1973 airmail to UK with 9c Bauxite x5, 1974 express airmail to Germany with Pioneers 80c solo, 2003 with International Post $1.65 'one koala' reprint, etc, postmark interest including Paids & Reliefs, also some stationery, then quantity of FDCs & commemorative cancels, etc, condition generally fine. (Qty 400+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Box of covers & postal stationery mostly KGV period including dealers' covers one of 1913 with NSW/Engraved combination franking, advertising, postal stationery, etc, condition very mixed but plenty of value here. (Qty 60+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Pre-WWII advertising covers all with KGV Head frankings, including illustrated types for Diabolo Separators (Sydney), FE Holmes Lighting (Darwin) registered to Brisbane, Carlyon's Hotel (Melbourne), Daniel Harvey Agricultural Equipment (Box Hill Vic), Albert College of Music (Sydney, nasty tear clear of the illustration) & City Mutual Life Assurance (Sydney), also for University of Melbourne, War Chest Supply Depot (Sydney), T&G Barnes Trading Palace (Murwillumbah), Ralph Palethorpe (Narrogin WA), Navy League (Adelaide), Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Queensland, Toohey & Toohey Real Estate (Mosman NSW), Mutual Fire Insurance of Tasmania, etc, rather mixed condition but most are quite presentable. (Qty 21) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Batch of advertising covers mostly KGVI & QEII to 1965 with many illustrated types including for James Hardie Asbestos Cement, Howard Sleath Violin Maker, Holden Cars, Crown Crystal Glass, Fish Steam Laundry, Aeroplane Self-Raising Flour, Albion Quarrying, Lucas Batteries, Northumberland Hotel (Gympie Qld), Sunbeam Motor Cycles, etc, fine to very fine. (Qty 48)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Small box of mostly airmail covers including a few from the 1930s including 4/6d triple-rate + 1d late fee to GB, 1940 7/11d double-rate Clipper cover to Pennsylvania, 1947 12/- sextuple-rate registered to Florida, 1956 double-rate to GB with Olympics 2/- pair, 1963 double-rate registered to Germany with 1/6d Flowers & 5/- Cattle, 1965 1/- rate to Solomon Islands, etc, condition variable. (Qty 47)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Small box of 1930s-70s covers with some better frankings including QEII 3c & 4c Coils to the Philippines, 35c Mapping registered air to Germany, 1976 25c Olympics to GB x2 (one underpaid & taxed), and 40c Trees - rare but defective - on private aerogramme to Pakistan, also many advertising covers including illustrated types, generally fine to very fine. A handy lot. (Qty 70 approx)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

Handy batch including 1913 advertising cover for Wentworth House High-Class Accommodation at Wentworth Falls (NSW), 1917 1d Envelope from Broken Hill with large 'TOO LATE' h/s, 1937 airmail to Indiana via GB with jusqu'a bars, airmail covers to USA & Germany each with 5/- Arms, 1970 commercial registered cover with 30c Cook, etc, fine to very fine. (Qty 12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 (Feb 17) advertising cover for Early Bros Importers & Indentors (Sydney) listing Fancy Goods, Chemists' Sundries, Magic Lanterns & Slides, Microscopes, Clocks & Watches, Musical Instruments etc, to Virginia with Kangaroo 1d x3 overpaying the 2½d rate, arrival b/s of MAR26/1913, minor blemishes. [With two-page letter signed "WM Early": "...I have travelled nearly 4000 miles by rail since returning from my trip...In 1915 I hope to be in Frisco to see the World's Fare [sic]..."]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1913 (April) HP Gregory & Co Engineers & Machinery Merchants (Sydney) cover to Massachusetts with Kangaroos First Wmk 2½d pair tied by 8-bar shipboard (?) cancel, superb 'VICTORIA/CARNIVAL/WEEK/AUG 4-8/1913' slogan b/s of Victoria BC. [Apparently 2½d rate + 2½d late fee]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 (Mar 22) Sydney Morning Herald (imprint on flap) cover to California with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo 1d red pair + NSW ½d blue-green tied by Sydney machine cancel. [The Willamette Paper Co was a subsidiary of the Willamette Valley Lumber Co of Dallas, Oregon. Presumably the letter was about the supply of newsprint]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 (Apr 7) use of PPC ('FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE...') to Germany with combination franking of Kangaroo 1d red + Victoria 'Bantam' ½d tied by 'MACEDON UPPER/VICTORIA' cds. [The message in German is signed "E Davidson". We speculate that the use of this particular PPC and the fact that Mount Macedon was the summer retreat of vice-regal parties is no coincidence]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 (Apr 28) cover to Coventry with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo 1d pair + Tasmania Pictorial ½d green tied by 'DERBY/TASMANIA' cds, 'COVENTRY' arrival b/s, a couple of tiny blemishes & light vertical fold between the 1d stamps. [At this time, the Humber Co Ltd was a leading manufacturer of both automobiles & bicycles]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1913 (July 16) usage of pale green/white illustrated advertising cover (front only) for 'A SIMPSON & SON LIMITED/IRON AND/TINWARE/MANUFACTURERS' (Adelaide) with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' h/s in violet, Kangaroo ½d green scarce solo franking tied by Adelaide machine cancel, small central spike-hole. A beautiful item.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1913 (July 20) commercial cover to Toowoomba with scarce franking of First Wmk Kangaroo 1d red & 3d olive (Cat $600 on cover) tied by poor unframed 'LEYBURN' (Qld) cds, scarce red & black/white R label, minor imperfections.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 (Aug 4) cover to Denmark with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo 1d red pair + NSW ½d blue-green tied by 'KILLARA/NSW' cds, slightly reduced at the left.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1913 (Sep) usage of a European novelty letter card, to Orange with Kangaroo 1d red tied by 'CANDIA/NSW' cds, minor soiling. [The recipient was supposed to be startled by a fold-out paper frog!]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1913 (Oct) OHMS cover with 'AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SYDNEY/[crown]' crest in blue on the flap, to France with Kangaroo ½d green & NSW 2d ultramarine both punctured 'OS/NSW' tied by untidy 'SHIP ROOM/SYDNEY NSW' cds, 'PAU/BASSES PYRENEES' arrival b/s, light vertical fold at left.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1913 (Oct 1; dated within) philatelic usage of Kangaroo 1d Letter Card ('THE GORGE/LAUNCESTON TAS') in blue uprated with Kangaroo ½d green & 1d red tied by 'QL'-in-Rays h/s of Brisbane. Pretty.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1913 Potter & Birks Ltd double-rate cover to New Jersey with rare combination franking of Kangaroos First Wmk 3d olive (corner faults; Cat $600 on cover) + NSW 2d tied by Sydney machine cancel, minor faults.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1913 (Dec 1) cover with 'NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD/BREMEN' imprint on the flap with the sender's address "Felix Fabian/Rabaul Deutsch Neuguinea", to Saxony with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo ½d green + WA 2d yellow tied by Fremantle machine cancel, two filing holes at the left. Very unusual ship mail.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1913 (Dec 28) SW Series 'Scenic Sydney' wallet of fold-out scenes in colour, to GB with Kangaroo 1d red. Nice item.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1914 (Feb 23) commercial usage to Austria of KGV Fullface Postal Card 1d uprated with Kangaroo ½d green tied by 'EPPING/VIC' cds, very minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100